Starting from contemporary metropolis transformation, the artwork by Cagol (Trento, 1969) – Italian artist from Trentino province but world-citizen – faces, through the use of different languages, political and social reality, the change of our viewpoint, a different values system, the altered balance of our society. It is from reflections on contemporary influences that Stefano Cagol’s investigating projects were born, documented in this book. Suspended in-between negative and positive, in-between familiar and wider meanings of the terms “influence” and “power,” the direct contact of the artist with his audience highlights the complexity of the same idea authority. In Harajuku Influences, Cagol’s latest experiences in Berlin, Ghent, Singapore and Tokyo are synthesized. ISBN 978-88-8158-618-9
